NBD - Fullerton USA Precision Bass 1976 *AUDIO* New Old Bass Day!
*AUDIO FILE* Trying to be Bob Babbit and failing. But hopefully you'll get some idea of how the bass sounds.
Long story short - I bought this bass brand new in 1976. I sold it four years ago when GAS got the better of me after spending far too much time on bass forums. I regretted selling it, to say the least. Finally I have been able to buy it back.
It is absolutely 100% stock and original - apart from the pickup foam, which I replaced some years ago. The pickguard has been off once to replace the foam, that is all. The neck has never been off. I still have the original foam.
To say I'm glad to have it back would be an understatement. I know every single ding, dent, scratch and stain because I put them there... it turns out the only proper way to 'relic' a bass is to play it for decades... I stuck a lit cigarette behind the E string in 1979 and accidentally scorched the headstock. If you had told me then there would come a time when you wouldn't be able to smoke while playing bass in public, I would have laughed in your face. I've been playing it constantly and it's like the return of an old friend... and I've given up smoking.
I've just done the 'bathroom scales' thing - it weighs eight pounds.
Yes, it's just wood, wire and plastic. Yes, I'm probably a sentimental fool. But I don't care...
*AUDIO FILE* Trying to be Bob Babbit and failing. But hopefully you'll get some idea of how the bass sounds.
Long story short - I bought this bass brand new in 1976. I sold it four years ago when GAS got the better of me after spending far too much time on bass forums. I regretted selling it, to say the least. Finally I have been able to buy it back.
It is absolutely 100% stock and original - apart from the pickup foam, which I replaced some years ago. The pickguard has been off once to replace the foam, that is all. The neck has never been off. I still have the original foam.
To say I'm glad to have it back would be an understatement. I know every single ding, dent, scratch and stain because I put them there... it turns out the only proper way to 'relic' a bass is to play it for decades... I stuck a lit cigarette behind the E string in 1979 and accidentally scorched the headstock. If you had told me then there would come a time when you wouldn't be able to smoke while playing bass in public, I would have laughed in your face. I've been playing it constantly and it's like the return of an old friend... and I've given up smoking.
I've just done the 'bathroom scales' thing - it weighs eight pounds.
Yes, it's just wood, wire and plastic. Yes, I'm probably a sentimental fool. But I don't care...
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